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Originally Posted by
cbike
I'm just wondering if anybody has any experience with transporting a bike to the start point or from the finishing point using a rental car. This would mean you don't have a bike rack for the car. Since that would be a pain to take along.
So my questions are:
1) What size of car would one need to rent for a standard touring bike? Please mention if and how much disassemble would be required.
2) What does the car rental company think when you load/unload a bike from their rental car?